A Better World Than This
- Author Marie Joseph
- Narrator Marie Joseph
- Publisher Random House
- Publish Date 4 August 2011
- Run Time 11 hours and 52 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Generational sagas, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Interior life, Romance: wholesome.
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What to expect
Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Clarke and Catherine Cookson will love being transported to another time and place by bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph in this enthralling and heart-warming saga about one woman's desire for a glamourous and romantic life. Will she achieve her dreams?
'Marie Joseph has the same rare, magical gift as Catherine Cookson for turning everyday people with everyday lives into the stuff of fascination' -- Kent Evening Post
'She is a winner every time she writes' -- Manchester Evening News
'The perfect cosy read... I have multiple copies of this book and read it every year' -- ***** Reader review
'Loved this story, pure escapism' -- ***** Reader review
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ONE CHANCE ENCOUNTER WILL CHANGE HER LIFE FOREVER...
In a small Lancashire cotton town in the 1930s, Daisy Bell dreams her life away. At twenty-six, still a spinster and heiress to her mother's potato pie shop, she's resigned to a lonely old age. But toiling over the bake-house fire she dreams of a better world - a world of glamour and romance as seen on the silver screen.
Then she meets Sam a dashing Clark Gable look-alike and chauffeur to a wealthy London businessman - and suddenly her life is changed forever...
Will Sam be the answer to her prayers?
A Better World Than This won the Romantic Novelists' Award. Daisy's story continues in A World Apart.
| Author | Marie Joseph |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Marie Joseph |
| Duration | 11 hours and 52 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781446481103 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Genre | Family life fiction, Generational sagas, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Interior life, Romance: wholesome |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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